March Madness

I'm feeling a little homesick writing about this. I grew up in a family that loved watching college basketball and spent the weeks of the tournament with our bracket picks taped to the fridge, dinner: take out and my whole family + friends parked in our basement. I have to admit, we don't watch much sports in our family now and I don't follow the teams the whole season anymore, but I feel obligated to particpate in this March ritual and get excited each season by filling out my bracket and making my best attempt to get a few games in. Richard can tell you that I have to stay up late championship night until they play "One Shining Moment". I just can't help myself. I always think that if I were still living in Utah, I would be getting together with Anje, Derek & Dane and their families and still be parked in the basement. I just have so many memories of tournaments past and, of course, so much of that is tied to my mom, who always made it so fun. I filled out my bracket today and enjoyed remembering all the good times in the past! I think my Jayhawks have a really good chance to go all the way. . .and I am hoping BYU does really good this year too!